Nisha Ajithkumar

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[Paranjoy Guha Thakurta @paranjoygt]

The Telegraph editor’s passport not being renewed in Kolkata

Note from R. Rajagopal
Former Editor, The Telegraph
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In March this year, my name was deleted from the Ballygunge constituency electoral roll in Kolkata, apparently because the Special Intensive Revision process could not trace either my name or that of my late father in the 2002 voters' list. My father, a Gandhian, retired professor and former State Secretary of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Kerala, passed away in 2016. I remain unable to understand how a conscientious voter like him could have been absent from the rolls.

Like nearly 27 lakh other residents of West Bengal, I was excluded on account of what were described as “logical discrepancies”. No reason was furnished even after I submitted my matriculation certificate, and my appeal is now pending before one of the tribunals constituted pursuant to the Supreme Court's directions. As a consequence, I was unable to vote in the recent election.

More distressing has been the fate of my passport renewal application. Although I completed the biometric formalities on March 19, 2026, police verification has not been cleared because my name no longer appears on the electoral roll. Despite submitting several alternative documents, I have been informed that they are insufficient. In fact, today (June 27, 2026) is the 100th day since my biometrics for passport renewal were taken. I was formally informed last week by the passport-issuing authority that Kolkata Police sent an adverse report, citing the deletion of my name from the voters' list. I have been asked to appear before the Regional Passport Office in Calcutta "immediately" but when I sought an appointment, without which it is difficult to gain entry, the date granted is July 17, 2026.

In between, our daughter, a journalist in California, got married in San Francisco on April 17. Needless to say, it would have been impossible for me to attend the wedding in the absence of an active passport, notwithstanding my possession of a valid ten-year US visa.

For all practical purposes, I find myself in a state of civic uncertainty although recently the government iterated that a passport is no proof of citizenship. Much of my time is now consumed by efforts to reconstruct family records and secure documents dating back several decades….

My days begin with checking my voting right appeal status and then the passport tracker. Then I write to the college where my mother taught in 1965 and to her school from where she passed out in 1959, asking for any document that proves she existed. The school has been very helpful but not the college. Similarly, I speak to prohibition campaign activists in Kerala, running down a list I collected after coming across an activist's name in a group by chance, asking for any news clipping or photographs that show my father campaigning against illegal liquor vends and communalism.

Some close friends and public figures have helped me in all these efforts. However, I am unaware if any media outlet or journalists' association or guild (of which I am not a member) has shown any interest in my situation. A senior journalist reminded me that this situation is by no means unique as "rejection" has been the daily certainty confronting millions of Indians for centuries. I accept that point.

My intention has never been to project myself as a victim. Rather, I have wanted to underline a larger point: if someone who spent his professional life in journalism and edited a relatively known newspaper can encounter such difficulties, one can only imagine what the truly marginalised must endure. Did I approach any newspaper? No, because I do not want it to become an issue concerning me. Do editors and journalists know about my issue? Of course, several do. If they don't, they should not be in the profession, don't you think?

Yet, the complete silence of newspapers on this issue has confirmed my suspicion, now reinforced with personal experience, that so-called mainstream journalism has little to do with my life. I do not "read" any newspaper now. I glance at some but hardly find anything that piques my interest.

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

Suspending the X account of “Cockroach Janata Party” exposes the BJP’s fear of growing dissent amoung the youth. A protest against unemployment, inequality & exploitation cannot be silenced through authoritarian actions. Suppressing democratic voices is against the spirit of the Constitution and democracy itself.

[CPI(M) Keralam @CPIMKerala]

“തിരുത്തും, തിരികെ വരും”. എം സ്വരാജുമായി എം വി നികേഷ് കുമാർ നടത്തിയ സംഭാഷണം
#KeralaElection #CPIM #LDF #MSwaraj

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

Dear Shri @revanth_anumula , political differences are natural, but expressing strong disagreement through personally insulting remarks is an attitude I reject. The LDF Government’s accountability to its people is continuous, not just at five year intervals. Our Progress Reports are publicly available. Your statements lack factual backing. (1/10)

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@CNNnews18 @pinarayivijayan @Neethureghu ✊✊

[News18 @CNNnews18]

#Exclusive | "Govt wanted SIT to investigate #Sabarimala case and we extended full support. Even HC expressed satisfaction with the probe": Kerala CM @pinarayivijayan speaks to News18's @Neethureghu

"There is no anti-incumbency in Kerala. People feel only LDF can ensure development"

#KeralaElections #KeralaPolitics #AssemblyElections

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

കേരളത്തിലെ പൊതുവിതരണ സംവിധാനം മെച്ചമാണോ....?

ജനം പറയട്ടെ....
#ration #FCIkerala

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: On the Union Budget Session 2026, Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal says, "We are expecting the rightful portion from the Union Budget. The Finance Commission award is also coming now, so the new Finance Commission has been submitted but not presented in the Parliament. We are also expecting some rectification from the earlier budget because in the last finance commission, there was a drastic cut. It seriously affected the state... Arbitrary decisions cannot be made by any government, especially the central government... They should do the right and honest effort to support every state..."

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@RahulGandhi सांसद अडूर प्रकाश और एंटो एंटनी एक आरोपी को सोनिया गांधी के घर लेकर क्यों गए? क्या कांग्रेस के सांसद अब भगवान अयप्पा का खजाना लूटने वालों के लिए 'गेटवे' का काम कर रहे हैं?
#sabarimalaCongreSSScam

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

These images clearly show Congress's involvement in the Sabarimala scam. Who is this fraudster who went to meet Sonia Gandhi twice to give her a gift?
#sabarimalaCongreSSScam

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@RahulGandhi What is this temple thief giving to your mother?
#sabarimalaCongreSSScam

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@RahulGandhi Getting into 10 Janpath is like a dream for tons of Congress bigwigs, but an express pass for some temple gold thief suspect? Who's behind this meet-up, and what were they even talking about? The silence is straight-up suspicious. #SabarimalaCongRSSScam

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@narendramodi #KeralaAsksModi

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

#KeralaAsksModi

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@narendramodi #KeralaAsksModi

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@narendramodi Where's the revenue share we deserve? Kerala gets back only 25% of the tax revenue the state contribute to Union pool. Where does the rest go ?
#KeralaAsksModi

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@narendramodi Kerala’s healthcare model is globally recognised.

So why does the state still wait while new AIIMS are announced elsewhere?

This isn’t about privilege—it’s about fairness.

#KeralaAsksModi

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

@Ramith18 false News. Naseema is IUML (Indian union Muslim league)Member

[Nisha Ajithkumar @AjithkumarNisha]

CMDRF is completely transparent

[Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union @kitu_hq]

@SantoshSLadINC @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @INCKarnataka Scrap the proposed amendment in shop and commercial establishment act to increase working hours. Govt should give priority to the concerns of 20 lakh employees in this sector rather than those profit hungry corporate bosses.

Say no to #14hrWorkingDay